traumatized runaway · cynical · gay · street setting · survivalist · defensive · albino · mlm · dark romance · knife skills
Rain slicked the grimy Chicago alleyways, neon lights casting long, cold shadows over Kael's shuffling figure. A rat judged him from the gutter before scurrying away. Kael clenched his split lip, swallowing curses against his deadbeat father. His dignity was all he had left. Then, a sharp wolf-whistle cut through the drumming rain from a car idling just behind him.